Rover’s Been Kidnapped!
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under Police, Road Trippin' | Leave a Comment
Trucknapped? Bronconapped? Whatever! He’s being held for ransom by an unscrupulous mechanic named Mike at Bill’s Custom Transmission here in Morgan Hill. You can read the whole sordid story over on my Morgan Hill blog, but the short version is that the guy’s had my Bronco for almost a week, I know nothing more about the transmission problems it is having, and he wants me to pay $525 for an inspection that he openly admits was never done!
Since the government…
Legally Blind On the Boardwalk
Posted on August 3, 2008 - Filed Under Fatherhood, Health Care | Leave a Comment
Two Tuesdays back Z and I headed to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for what we intended to be a short trip. The plan was to drive over the hill, spend about an hour in the ocean, teaching Z to dive under waves and maybe body surf a bit, then get our annual Old Tyme photo. I suppose I should backtrack a bit here to fill y’all in on one of our most cherished traditions…
When Z and I were reunited…
Rover Passed His Test - Now For His Reward
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Road Trippin', Shopping | Leave a Comment
As I’ve mentioned, Rover (my beloved 1989 Ford Bronco) passed his smog check today. Given his age, the fact I’m not remotely a mechanic, and that he’s classified by the DMV as having a “High Emitter Profile” I seriously had my doubts. Z, on the other hand, had complete faith. Now that we know Rover won’t be stolen away by the government for the next two years we need to decide on his reward. Since Z is responsible for customization…
Reason #817 That I Absolutely Love My Boss
Posted on December 14, 2007 - Filed Under Aahz, Personal Finance | Leave a Comment
Well, perhaps it was more carma then Karma after all. My boss was able to come through for me with the cash I needed to get Rover fixed today. Woo Hoo!! That means I will still manage to survive this month without having to search around for multiple Payday loans. This is just another of the long list of benefits that comes with working for a very small business (even if most of the funding does come by way of the government).…
Karma Strikes (Or Is That Carma?)
Posted on December 14, 2007 - Filed Under Aahz, Personal Finance | Leave a Comment
About three weeks ago the brakes on my ‘89 Ford Bronco (affectionately named Rover) started making noises to let me know they needed some work. I’ve had other noisy brakes in the past and figured I could make it to payday, which is the 19th - next Wednesday. I was wrong 
This morning while running the kids to school the brakes started grabbing and pulling my off course. I returned home convinced that I’d need to take it in to…
Yet Another Car Insurance Bill
Posted on November 11, 2007 - Filed Under Shopping | 2 Comments
Another Geico bill arrived in Saturday’s mail. I wrote a couple of month’s back about my frustration over Geico’s latest advertising scheme. They keep saying they’ve lowered their rates in California, but my rates still haven’t gone down. So I went looking for car insurance quotes again. This time I checked out Auto Insurance Remedy, whose slogan is: “Making It Easy To Find The Best Rates”.
The front page has a deceptively simple form asking only for your first name, state and…
